In July 2008 the artist Dave Pearson died leaving an enormous amount of artwork. This blog follows the journey taken by one of the executors of his will - a steep learning curve to perpetuate the reputation of an inspirational artist and man.

Friday, 2 September 2011

Julian has his work cut out.

Julian (of the See Gallery) and I spent a few hours in Dave's old studio yesterday making some decisions on what new pieces to display for next weekend's Open Studio event.

Of course most of the studio is crammed with thousands of paintings and drawings and isn't a showing space in the normal sense of the word. But we do have one downstairs room, and an upper landing/corridor that provide something like gallery conditions.

We decided that we should give the whole place a makeover since, broadly, the same paintings have been given prominence since we restored the building at the end of 2009. Only when a piece has been sold have I added a new painting to the display areas. Julian has also had several of the works on paper mounted and framed - these were mainly done by Dave in his last years. They look really wonderful and most have never been seen before.

There's an added urgency as the writer and critic Edward Lucie-Smith is travelling up from London tomorrow (in order to be present at Sunday's launch of the To Byzantium film) and he'll take a trip out to Haslingden for his first look at Dave's work in the flesh. So it makes sense to have the hanging finished, or as close to being finished as is possible, by the end of the day. Julian has his work cut out.

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Dave Pearson

Photograph taken June 08

The Dave Pearson Studio

From 2009 until March 2018 The Dave Pearson Trust looked after Dave Pearson's creative legacy.

In April 2018 The Dave Pearson Studio took over this role, and the story behind both the Trust years and the studio is documented in this blog, which is a resource for anyone interested in the management of artist's estates.

Dave Pearson's legacy is now owned by Dave's son Chris and supported by Bob Frith. Ella Cole works with us as Archivist.

About Me

I'm based in Lancashire UK, and currently work on several projects. I founded Horse + Bamboo Theatre in 1978. I also work at the Dave Pearson Building, both at the Studio and with Apna, a centre mainly for local South Asian heritage women.